Erythemis plebeja
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Erythemis plebeja, the pin-tailed pondhawk, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America. The IUCN conservation status of Erythemis plebeja is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is increasing. The IUCN status was reviewed in 2017. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Haitises National Park | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 6 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 8 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Orlando | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 10 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sighting in Vitória on a given day, based on 26 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 10th most-seen of the 129 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pin-Tailed Pondhawk in Vitória on a given day, against under 5% in September, the lowest month. Those are among Vitória's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain a month against 45 mm in July.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 12
Of the 12 cities where we can rate Pin-Tailed Pondhawk sightings, Vitória ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Barranquilla (Colombia, about 30%) and San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 10%).
Same genus: Erythemis
The closest relatives of the Pin-Tailed Pondhawk that you can see in Vitória (genus Erythemis, Pondhawks) are Flame-Tailed Pondhawk (about 10%), Great Pondhawk (about 10%) and Black Pondhawk (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pin-Tailed Pondhawk is recorded against all the insects logged in Vitória (26 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
